Polynomial Degree
The highest power in a univariate polynomial is known as its degree, or sometimes "order." For example, the polynomial
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is of degree 
, denoted 
. The (structural)
degree of a polynomial is implemented in the Wolfram
Language as Exponent[poly,
x]. Richardson's theorem proves that
it is recursively undecidable to determine the degree of an arbitrary polynomial.
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